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Caitlin MacNeal

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Caitlin MacNeal is a News Writer based in Washington, D.C. Before joining TPM, Caitlin interned and wrote for the Huffington Post, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.

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Donald Trump and Mike Pence will meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Thursday, Politico and Bloomberg News reported.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Ryan indicated that he and Trump were off to a good start after the election despite the speaker's decision not to campaign with Trump following the release of a 2005 tape with Trump's vulgar comments and Trump's hesitance to support Ryan in his primary.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday said that waterboarding is not torture, and he indicated that he would be open to Donald Trump resuming the practice as president.

During an interview on CNN, host Wolf Blitzer asked Cotton if he agrees with Trump's past statements saying that the United States should use "waterboarding and tougher than waterboarding," even though many military experts believe the practice is torture.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday issued a statement acknowledging Donald Trump's ability to speak to the working class and pledged to work with the President-elect to help families, but the former presidential candidate also said he would reject any "racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies."

"Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and the establishment media," Sanders said in a statement. "People are tired of working longer hours for lower wages, of seeing decent paying jobs go to China and other low-wage countries, of billionaires not paying any federal income taxes and of not being able to afford a college education for their kids - all while the very rich become much richer."

Hillary Clinton's stunning loss in the presidential election will not stop House Republicans from continuing their investigations into the former secretary of state's email use.

"It would be totally remiss of us to dismiss [the email investigation] because she’s not going to be president," Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, told the Washington Post on Wednesday.

Following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, protests rejecting the President-elect erupted across the country.

Despite calls from President Obama and Hillary Clinton for their supporters to accept the outcome of the election and work for a peaceful transition, cities including New York, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. saw protesters on Wednesday night.

The New Hampshire secretary of state on Wednesday afternoon certified the results for the state's Senate seat, declaring Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) the winner with a 1,023-vote margin over incumbent Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH).

After a stunning election night during which Donald Trump upended predictions by pulling off a shocking win and Republicans maintained their majority in the Senate, Ayotte has yet to concede to Hassan in the incredibly tight race.

With the candidates separated by about 1,000 votes, both campaigns expect the race to head to a recount, the Boston Globe reported. In New Hampshire, candidates can request a recount if the margin in the race is under 20 percent, according to the Globe.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), who was an outspoken critic of Donald Trump throughout the 2016 election cycle, on Wednesday morning congratulated Trump on his victory and signaled readiness to work with the President-elect.

"On Tuesday, America demanded disruption. My family and I congratulate President-Elect Trump on his decisive victory, and we pray that he will lead wisely and faithfully keep his oath to a Constitution of limited government," Sasse said in a statement. "Starting today, I will do everything in my power to hold the President to his promises: to fight for an ethics reform package that upends cronyism and enacts term limits; to lead on repealing and replacing ObamaCare; and to nominate judges who reject law-making by unelected courts. Melissa and I wish the new First Family the best in the coming transition."

Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, embarked on a round of morning television interviews Wednesday morning following the stunning victory for the Republican nominee, where she touted the campaign's ability to create a political movement.

"We’re really excited. We saw it coming for a few weeks. I tried to say that on different programs, but I think people had conclusions in search of evidence and somehow believe if everybody said the same thing that somehow it becomes true," Conway said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" when asked of she was shocked at Trump's decisive win.

"What we tried to do here was listen to the people and not reflect our own opinions onto them. I think this is a real victory for the people, Joe, the forgotten man and forgotten woman," she told co-host Joe Scarborough.